About ______ Americans Die Each Year Because of Excess Weight

question 358

Multiple Choice

About ______ Americans die each year because of excess weight.

• A) 100,000
• B) 300,000
• C) 500,000
• D) 700,000

Identify the psychological processes behind accepting responsibility for successes and blaming external factors for failures.

Grasp the definition of salience and its relevance in social psychology.

Recognize the conditions under which people resort to stereotyping.

Learn the basic principles of categorizing individuals into groups.

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Definitions:

Anterior Cingulate

A region of the brain located in the medial frontal cortex that plays a role in various functions such as emotion regulation, impulse control, and decision-making.

Aversive Information

Information that is unpleasant or undesirable, which people may avoid or react negatively to.

Limbic System

Part of the brain that relays information from the primitive brain stem about changes in bodily functions to the cortex, where the information is interpreted.

Dopamine

A neurotransmitter involved in many functions, including motivation, reward, attention, and movement control, often associated with the pleasure and reward system of the brain.